New York State Department of Health Bureau of Nutrition Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Homeless/Destitute Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
The series contains project files, equipment grant files, and administrative records of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides funds to private non-profit programs to alleviate hunger among target populations in New York State. Files include grant proposals, contracts, budgets, reports, minutes, memorandum, summary statistics, correspondence, and review records for about fifty ongoing projects. There is information on soup kitchens and food pantries and their destitute and homeless clientele.
Title
Supplemental nutrition assistance program homeless/destitute files
Quantity
24 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
15483
Creator
Arrangement

15483-96: Alphabetical by name of contracting agency.

Scope and Content Note

The series contains project files, equipment grant files, and administrative records of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) which provides funds to private non-profit programs to alleviate hunger among target populations in New York State. Project files include grant proposals, contracts, budgets, reports, correspondence, and review records for about 50 ongoing projects.

One-time equipment purchase files include contracts and agreements for funding provided to food pantries, soup kitchens, and similar programs for purchase of equipment. Administrative files include correspondence, minutes, reports, internal memoranda, and summary statistics on the program.

The series contains information on soup kitchens and food pantries and their destitute and homeless clientele. The records document the problems of malnourished and homeless individuals and society's response to this problem, and as such they provide rare documentation on the homeless population and programs that serve them.

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